The Observer index, January-December 2001 ... - Microform

diseases 22/04/01 B 3 1>4 Photograph
* Men and women could one day grow limbs lost in accidents or
regenerate organs destroyed by illness 29/04/01 B 10 7>8
Photograph
* British scientists revealed a dramatic success in the fight
against cancer in which they used a radical new drug to starve
tumours of oxygen 13/05/01 B 4 1>8 Photograph
* British scientists have found that parasites can provide
protection against serious immune disorders 13/05/01 B 8 1>8
Photographs
* Scientists have succeeded in developing a bizarre new weapon
in the fight against pollution: pigs that have been genetically
engineered to make perfect manure 20/05/01 B 7 1>5
Photograph
* Scientists have discovered the whites of our eyes are unique
among primates and played a crucial role in our evolution
27/05/01 B 7 1>8 Photographs
* The International Space Station is opening its doors to big
business and offering the commercial opportunity of a lifetime
03/06/01 B 12 1>6 Photograph
* Scientists have developed a revolutionary new treatment for
baldness - in early trials the drug, dutasteride, has shown
dramatic success in restoring hair to bald men 10/06/01 B 1 1>6
Cartoon
* Scientists have found a way to prevent our planet overheating:
move it to a cooler spot 17/06/01 B 11 1>8 Illustration
* Scientists will today announce a startling medical
breakthrough which could lead to the development of a simple
injection cure for brain damage and spinal cord injuries
01/07/01 B 1 4>7 Cartoon
* Challenging science: the risk of skin cancer, the causes of
global warming, the dangers of high cholesterol - one expert says
it's all bunk 01/07/01 B 16 1>7 Photographs
* Medicine and ethics: the stem cell research debate 08/07/01 B
18 1>8 Photographs
* Researchers are developing a cream that will allow men and
women to change their skin colour 15/07/01 B 9 1>8
Photographs
* Scientists are developing a scanner that could prevent cars
from colliding by forcing locusts to watch clips from Star Wars
films 29/07/01 B 15 6>7 Photograph
* A 'miracle' medicine which will treat sleeping sickness that is a
bigger threat than Aids has been found by American scientists -
see Health 19/08/01
* Scientists are developing super-tanks which would use
powerful magnets to met and destroy incoming missiles and
shells 19/08/01 B 11 1>5 Illustrations
* The world's first centre for the investigation of genocide is to
be set up by British scientists with experience of working on
some of the most appalling war crimes of modern times - see
Genocide 26/08/01
* Markets may be in the doldrums, but every month, scientists
and financiers meet over canapés in a London hospital to tap a
funding bonanza, known as Biotech Wednesday - see Business
& Industry 09/09/01
* Scientists have created the ultimate GM crop: contraceptive
corn 09/09/01 B 1 2>6 Cartoon
* Scientists say tiny specks of dirt have been pinpointed as
causes of Parkinson's disease 23/09/01 B 8 5>6
* European Union scientists have secretly given their blessing to
controversial experiments in which live monkeys will be
infected with mad cow disease - see BSE 30/09/01
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* The Royal Mail's Nobel guru, Professor Brian Josephson, is in
a row with scientists as an issue of six special stamps goes on
sale this week - see Post Office, The 30/09/01
* Scientists have discovered how to use tobacco to save lives
14/10/01 B 11 1>2
* Profile on physicist, Stephen Hawking - see Hawking, Stephen
21/10/01
* Experts claim that the BBC's 'Walking with Beasts' blurs fact
and fiction to add drama - see BBC 11/11/01
* At biotechnology company laboratories across the US,
researchers are trying to develop the first drugs to deal with
forgetfulness 11/11/01 B 27 6>8 Cartoon
* The reason for humanity developing a prowess to walk on two
legs has baffled palaeontologists for decades 18/11/01 B 7 1>7
Photograph
* A keynote research paper showing that Middle Eastern Jews
and Palestinians are genetically almost identical has been pulled
from a leading journal, Human Immunology 25/11/01 B 24 7>8
* Directors of the Science Museum in London have drawn up
controversial plans to turn the popular attraction into a high-tech
theme park with shops, fast-food outlets and coffee bars
02/12/01 B 10 1>8 Cartoon, photograph
SCOOP
* See Classicwatch 04/03/01
SCOTLAND
* The young men of Fraserburgh blow their wages on hard
drugs, making the Scottish port Britain's narcotics capital - see
Drugs & Drug Abuse 28/01/01
* Irate investors want City watchdogs to investigate whether a
Scottish unit trust was wrong to surrender to a US vulture fund -
see Financial Institutions 18/02/01
* North of the border the elderly will get free help for their
everyday needs - see Elderly, The 18/02/01
* The government is under pressure to secure the future of the
Govan and Scotstoun shipyards in Glasgow by awarding them a
contract to build two naval support ships - see Shipbuilding
25/02/01
* The Scottish lobby insists Edinburgh should be home to the
merged banks, Halifax and Bank of Scotland - see Financial
Institutions 29/04/01
* Cara Henderson leads a battle against bigotry that has reached
the Scottish Parliament 06/05/01 B 7 7>8 Photograph
* A damning international report names Scotland as the worst
polluter in Europe 14/10/01 B 12 1>8 Photographs
* A Buddhist monk is turning an island off the west coast of
Scotland into a multi-faith mediation centre - see Buddhism
23/12/01
* The cases of whisky are piled high as Barra prepared for a
Hogmanay frenzy 30/12/01 B 8 1>8 Photographs
SCOTT, MARIA
* Columnist 21/01/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph
* Columnist 28/01/01 C 9 1>6 Photograph
* Columnist 04/02/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph
* Columnist 11/02/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph
* Columnist 18/02/01 C 9 1>6 Photograph
* Columnist 25/02/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph
* Columnist 04/03/01 C 9 1>6 Photograph